Cleveland Indians lose to Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1

View full sizeCorey Kluber pitched three scoreless innings for the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.Chuck Crow, The Plain Dealer

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- One day after a knock-down, drag-out loss to San Diego featuring tons of scoring, the Indians had trouble scratching out a run Sunday.

So did the Dodgers until a four-run seventh gave them a 5-1 victory.

Corey Kluber, bidding for the No. 5 spot in the starting rotation, pitched three scoreless innings. The right-hander allowed four hits and struck out two.

Michael Bourn and Ezequiel Carrera helped Kluber with good defensive plays in the outfield. Bourn ran down a deep drive by Matt Kemp in the third to save a run. Carrera gunned down Luis Cruz at home on a single to right to end the second.

The Dodgers reached reliever Vinnie Pestano for a run in the fourth on a single by catcher A.J. Ellis. It was Pestano's last appearance before leaving to join the U.S. team in the World Baseball Classic

The Indians tied the game in the seventh on shortstop Juan Diaz's sacrifice fly after Yan Gomes reached on an error and went to third on Mike McDade's single. McDade's hit was just the third for the Indians.

The Dodgers regained the lead in their half of the seventh on an RBI single off Indians' reliever Fernando Nieve.

They broke the game wide open in the same inning. A walk, an error on Nieve, a stolen base and wild pitch set up the big blow. Nieve gave up a three-run blast to Yasiel Puig, a Cuban defector who signed a seven-year, $42 million deal with the Dodgers last June.

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